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Teen darts sensation Luke Littler invited Prince William to the World Championship after the Prince called it "a good night out" during an MBE ceremony. The 19-year-old two-time world champion is helping bring darts into the mainstream spotlight.
A middle school robotics team from Zeeland, Michigan just rewrote the record books at the world championships. The OverClucked Bots became the first middle school team ever to win a FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship.
A team of 14 Dutch university students is traveling 4,000 miles to compete in Minnesota's solar car challenge with a hand-built vehicle that just won a world championship. Their solar-powered car can hit 80 mph and features a design so unique it had to be tested in one of Europe's largest wind tunnels.
A revolutionary steel designed at MIT in the 1980s conquered Formula One racing and is now coming home to power student-built race cars. The same material that gave Red Bull four world championships will compete this June in MIT's electric vehicle.
Lina Hilali, 16, just became the first Moroccan athlete ever to reach the Roller Figure Skating World Cup final. She'll represent Morocco and all of Africa at the championship in Italy this June.
Six months after placing 24th at Worlds, Australian sailors Archie Gargett and Sarah Hoffman just rocketed to fourth place at the 2026 World Championships in France. Multiple Aussie crews delivered breakthrough performances that signal strong momentum heading toward the LA Olympics.
Just six months after placing 24th at the World Championships, Australian sailors Harry Price and Max Paul have surged into the world's elite with their third consecutive top-six finish of 2026. Their dramatic rise shows how persistence and teamwork can transform performance on sailing's biggest stage.
Australian sailing crews delivered breakthrough performances at the 2026 World Championships in France, with dramatic improvements showing the nation's Olympic hopefuls are surging at exactly the right time. One team climbed 20 places in just six months while another scored a career-best fourth place finish.
Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi made history as the first Indonesian men's volleyball team to win Asia's continental championship, defeating Iran's Foolad Sirjan before 5,237 roaring fans. The victory also punches their ticket to the 2026 Club World Championship.
Two New Zealand sailors became the youngest 49er world champions in history after fighting back from a disastrous penalty in the final race. Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush, both 21, pulled off a risky sailing move that saved their title by the narrowest margin.
Egyptian athletes claimed both world squash championship titles this weekend, with defending champion Mostafa Asal and first-time winner Amina Orfi dominating their finals. The back-to-back victories showcase Egypt's growing powerhouse status in the sport.
Eighteen-year-old Amina Orfi just became the youngest women's world squash champion ever, defeating the world's second-ranked player in a historic five-game final on home soil in Egypt. She's also the first player to hold both junior and senior world titles simultaneously.
After learning her event would finally be included in the 2028 Paralympic Games, Spanish sprinter Judith Tortosa is training harder than ever for her first chance to compete on the world's biggest stage. The three-time World Championships medalist is balancing college classes with six-day training weeks as she builds toward LA28.
A Mexican team just won the world championship in "phygital" sports, where players compete both on the soccer court and in video games. The Quetzales are proving that gamers and athletes can unite to create something entirely new.
Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout will compete in both the 200m and the 4x400m relay at the world under-20 championships in August, chasing the same title Usain Bolt won to launch his legendary career. The 18-year-old world record holder is leading a record 75-strong Australian team to Oregon.
Nigerian sprint hurdler Tobi Amusan, who holds the world record at 12.12 seconds, will compete against Olympic and world champions at the Diamond League season opener in Shanghai. The three-time Diamond League winner is fresh off leading Nigeria's team at the African Championships in Ghana.
Leyanis Pérez has won three consecutive world championships in triple jump by age 24, but the Cuban athlete still dreams of standing atop an Olympic podium. She's training hard for the 2026 season with her sights set on breaking 15 meters and finally claiming that elusive Olympic medal.
This July, San Francisco could make history by breaking the world record for largest boxing crowd, set 85 years ago with 135,132 fans. The outdoor event at Civic Center Plaza features a world championship fight and could draw the biggest live boxing audience ever.
From training during the pandemic to becoming TNT Champion in just one year with AEW, Kevin Knight's wrestling journey proves that believing in yourself pays off. Now he's facing his mentor for the World Championship.
A San Diego high school robotics team just beat 600 competitors from 100 countries to win the world championship. The Holy Cows from High Tech High brought home the title after years of inspiring students to pursue STEM careers.
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